I'm guessing whatever it is, some will buy it, and some will think it's a joke.

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Now we are getting somewhere! STERN take note!

I think we should. Its fits all the criteria. It's iconic and more than 30 years old.

Here's a shout out to my homeboys.

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We need a follow up to Hendrix or it will end up being another lamo 80s band.. Do you want an April Wine pinball machine?

I didn't think so.

Date Rape multiball could work.

This is what pinball is all about. Underground culture. You can keep that mainstream crap because the mainstream aint gonna buy it anyway. If they keep doing these gay titles, I quit!

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It would have to get in line behind all the other no brain themes of late.

There is no doubt it should be Thin Lizzy.

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I suggested Thin Lizzy, and it is no joke. As we move further into the 21st century it has becomes more and more obvious that only iconic rock bands from the mid to late 20th century will get a pinball machine. And during that time period their weren't very many rock bands more iconic or relevant than Thin Lizzy.

When Metallica pinball came out, half the people here were asking for a Thin Lizzy song to be on it.

Except for Elvis and the Stones, the Ramones were way more important in the big picture than any of the other rock bands that have their own pinball machine so far. And most of the others people are asking for. Except maybe Thin Lizzy...

Well, everybody is entitled to their opinion. The Ramones pretty much influenced every punk rock band that came after them. The Sex Pistols wouldn't have even existed if not for the Ramones.

This is true. However is was the Ramones three chord style that set the standard for the hardcore punk scene that followed.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dead-kennedys-pinball-machine

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It will soon enough.

I heard that after Malcom McLaren saw the Ramones in NY, he went to England and put the Sex Pistols together and the rest,

as they say is history.

This is one case where it's pretty amazing they were able to put the band back together with all the original members 20 years later.

Well then certainly if any old rock stars deserve a pinball machine, it is Deep Purple.

Somewhere....

But most of all still alive.

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"Culturally iconic" seems to be the excuse now to do any outdated band or movie. Gone With the Wind is culturally iconic. Benny Goodman is culturally iconic. Both are more iconic than any of today's ancient pinball themes.

I guess it all depends on what kind of culture you want festering in your game room.

Good news indeed! All that money saved. As deep into pinball as I am now, I can't thank the makers of these new games enough for not making a single one that would make me want to pull out the old billfold.

Not at all. I was just thinking about Joe Perry, wondering how he's doing. Pretty amazing as it seems like a lifetime ago I saw them at the Cal Jam and almost 40 years later he's still up there doing what he's always done. Hope he's gonna be alright.

I can't imagine a Budgie pinball machine can be far off. It fits all the criteria if you leave out those 80s kids that never heard of them. But who really cares. Some of them probably think Breadfan and Crash Course in Brain Surgery are Metallica songs.

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Like maybe Taxman?

It would have to have a real cowbell.

Mighty cowbell action in that song.

Nazareth- the band that all 80s raspy throated bands wished they could be.

If they were to include Decline II The Metal Years it could have a Chris Holmes bash toy.

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So last night my buddy and I were out in the garage playing pinball and I whipped out the old Police live CD and we listened to whole thing. Those guys were a ripping band with lots of fast songs that would be great in a pinball machine. A band as iconic as there was at the time.

Cruising youtube I found this clip from a show I attended in 1981. They called it Blondata Mondata as you had to have blond hair to get in that evening as they were making a movie out of it. During the encore the Police came out wearing black wigs. lol. No need to see the reunion show a few years ago after attending this epic concert.

The Police were great musicians and put on a great live show. One of the best I ever attended.

lol. I don' t think any of them are members any more. I just watched a clip from the reunion show. What a letdown. I hope those that paid the big bucks to go see it felt like they got their money's worth. The one I went to cost ten bucks.

Back to Decline I. Most of those shows were filmed local here and my friends asked me to go with them to see the Circle Jerks but I had a hot date so I passed.

One of my best friends is the dude moshing by the stage in the green shirt.

Green shirt on stage at :20. How the hell did I not go?

I don't even remember anymore. I usually made it to all the gigs. I'm not sure if anybody knew they were making a movie that night.

Green shirt's name is Brent, son of racing legend Jess Tyree. We went to high school together along with a bunch of other characters like Social D, Adolescents, DI, ... etc. It was a fun neighborhood.

Now there's an idea.

Klaus rules! It will also need this one from the greatest band ever.

The cool thing about Urgh is they gave time to the second billed.

And The Cramps.

can we get a fairy feller's multiball?